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We now turn to a serious medical threat,to one of the world's top athletes,superstar olympian Ian Thorpe.He is battling an infection that could end his career,even cost his arm.ABC's here with the details with xxx here. Thorpe could have got this inf

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This was the extent of Constantines ambition, the late Roman Empire, with Constantinople, not Rome, as its capital, and in the far north, in Germany, the city of Trier, a great imperial garrison. It still shows something of what ancient Constantinopl

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A lonely ancient relic in a modern city. In the year of our Lord 330, on a lovely May morning, A great procession came down this road whichs the highway of an ancient city called Byzantium, and the procession was led by the great Roman Emperor Consta

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【有声英语文学名著】安娜卡列宁娜（11）

ELEVEN Have you read his article? he said, turning to Kritsky again, sitting down to the table and clearing away from it a heap of half-filled cigarettes to make room. I have not read it, said Kritsky morosely, evidently not wishing to join in the co

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TWENTY-SEVEN It all depends on what time! There are times when one would give a whole month for a shilling and there are times when you would not give half an hour at any price. Is not that so, Kitty? Why are you so glum? Im all right. Where are you

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TWENTY-EIGHT Constantine felt himself morally cornered, and in consequence became excited and involuntarily betrayed the chief cause of his indifference to social questions. All this may be very good, but why should I trouble about medical centres wh

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